Between Midnight and Dawn

Between Midnight and Dawn
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gordon Douglas
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg
Screenplay by	Eugene Ling
Story by	Gerald Drayson Adams Leo Katcher
Starring	Mark Stevens Edmond O'Brien Gale Storm
Music by	George Duning
Cinematography	George E. Diskant
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	September 28, 1950 (1950-09-28)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Between Midnight and Dawn is a 1950 American film noir directed by Gordon Douglas, starring Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien and Gale Storm.^[1]

Plot

Childhood friends Rocky Barnes (Stevens) and Dan Purvis (O'Brien) are Los Angeles prowl car cops on night duty. Barnes is easygoing while Purvis is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum. Both men are attracted to radio communicator Kate Mallory (Storm) but she is reluctant to get involved with policemen, her cop father having been killed in the line of duty.

One night Rocky and Dan arrest murderous racketeer Ritchie Garris (Buka) but he escapes and swears vengeance. In a thrill-packed climax, Garris makes a desperate escape using a little kid as a shield. After Garris' girlfriend (Robbins) is killed stepping in front of his gun, Purvis shoots Garris.

Cast

Mark Stevens as Rocky Barnes
Edmond O'Brien as Daniel Purvis
Gale Storm as Katherine Mallory
Donald Buka as Ritchie Garris
Gale Robbins as Terry Romaine
Anthony Ross as Lieutenant Masterson
Roland Winters as Leo Cusick
Tito Vuolo as Romano
Grazia Narciso as Mrs. Romano
Madge Blake as Mrs. Mallory
Lora Lee Michel as Kathy
Jack Del Rio as Louis Franissi
Philip Van Zandt as Joe Quist
Cliff Bailey as Sergeant Bailey
Tony Barr as Harry Yost

References

↑ Between Midnight and Dawn at the American Film Institute Catalog.

External links

Between Midnight and Dawn at the American Film Institute Catalog
Between Midnight and Dawn at the Internet Movie Database
Between Midnight and Dawn at AllMovie
Between Midnight and Dawn at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Gordon Douglas

General Spanky (1936)
Zenobia (1939)
Saps at Sea (1940)
Broadway Limited (1941)
The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
A Night of Adventure (1944)
Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)
Girl Rush (1944)
The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
Zombies on Broadway (1945)
First Yank into Tokyo (1945)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
San Quentin (1946)
If You Knew Susie (1948)
Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
The Nevadan (1950)
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
The Great Missouri Raid (1951)
Only the Valiant (1951)
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)
Come Fill the Cup (1951)
Mara Maru (1952)
The Charge at Feather River (1953)
So This Is Love (1953)
Them! (1954)
Young at Heart (1954)
The McConnell Story (1955)
Bombers B-52 (1957)
Fort Dobbs (1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
Up Periscope (1959)
Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
Gold of the Seven Saints (1961)
Claudelle Inglish (1961)
Follow That Dream (1962)
Call Me Bwana (1963)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Rio Conchos (1964)
Sylvia (1965)
Harlow (1965)
Stagecoach (1966)
Way...Way Out (1966)
In Like Flint (1967)
Chuka (1967)
Tony Rome (1967)
The Detective (1968)
Lady in Cement (1968)
Skullduggery (1970)
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
Barquero (1970)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
Nevada Smith (1975)
Viva Knievel! (1977)

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